In the 1980s, sunglasses were a common fashion for people who wanted to adopt a "tough guy" persona (note all the cop shows from that era -- Simon & Simon, Miami Vice, etc. -- where the lead characters wore shades). So I think this song is about a guy who wears shades as a way of hiding his insecurity after learning that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He's trying to pretend that he's a "tough guy" to hide the fact that his girlfriend's affair is disturbing him.
All the money in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the money in the world ain't never gonna make you free
All the wealth you can steal and hide away ain't never gonna bring you no kind
of security
Cuz don't you know just about everybody else in the world wants to burn down
your house and steal all your money
Ain't life a drag when you got it all
Then you gotta find out
It's not what you wanted after all
Ain't life a drag when you get everything you want and just about nothing you
need
All the cocaine in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the alcohol in the world ain't never gonna make you free
All the speed and cigarettes ain't never gonna give you no kind of
health
And all the heroin in the world ain't never gonna give you nothing you ain't
already got inside yourself
Ain't life a drag...
All the power in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the control in the world ain't never set nobody free
All the people you can intimidate ain't never gonna make you safe
What you gonna do when everyone's got their sights on you
Ain't life a drag...
All the money in the world ain't never gonna make you free
All the wealth you can steal and hide away ain't never gonna bring you no kind
of security
Cuz don't you know just about everybody else in the world wants to burn down
your house and steal all your money
Ain't life a drag when you got it all
Then you gotta find out
It's not what you wanted after all
Ain't life a drag when you get everything you want and just about nothing you
need
All the cocaine in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the alcohol in the world ain't never gonna make you free
All the speed and cigarettes ain't never gonna give you no kind of
health
And all the heroin in the world ain't never gonna give you nothing you ain't
already got inside yourself
Ain't life a drag...
All the power in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the control in the world ain't never set nobody free
All the people you can intimidate ain't never gonna make you safe
What you gonna do when everyone's got their sights on you
Ain't life a drag...
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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